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Cardiovascular Disease Specialist with Wellstar since 1992.
Specialties
Cardiovascular Disease
Education & Training
Doctor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Disease Specialist with Wellstar since 1992
Office Locations
Expertise
About George Kramer, MD
Dr. Kramer graduated from Loyola University with a degree in biology and holds a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Illinois. He obtained his medical degree from the Chicago Medical School in 1985. Upon completion of an internship and residency in internal medicine at Ohio State University Hospital, he went on to a cardiology fellowship at Emory University. In June 1992, Dr. Kramer completed a fellowship in interventional cardiology at the Minneapolis Heart Institute.
A board certified cardiologist, Dr. Kramer has been with Cardiovascular Medicine since 1992. He performs coronary heart catheterizations, single and multi-vessel angioplasty and coronary stent placement. He is on staff at Wellstar Cobb, Douglas, Kennestone and Paulding hospitals.
Dr. Kramer is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and member of the Medical Association of Georgia and the Cobb County Medical Association. He is also the director of cardiac rehab at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital. He enjoys preventative cardiology with a special emphasis on lipids and hypertension.
Originally from Dayton, Ohio, Dr. Kramer is married with four children.
Specialties
Cardiovascular Disease
Education & Training
Chicago Medical School
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular
Hospital Affiliations
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital
Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital
Wellstar Cobb Hospital
Wellstar Douglas Hospital
Wellstar Paulding Hospital
Languages spoken
English
Patient Reviews
Overall patient rating
4.8
Based on 607 patient ratings
Listened to me carefully
I'd recommend this practice to family and friends
I'd recommend this provider to family and friends
Shared the right amount of information
Earned my trust
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Patient Reviews
5
Staff was polite and professional. Dr Kramer was great. He was very patient , answering all my questions. He was thorough and very knowledgable.
July 5, 2024
5
The staff was very professional. They had patience with me since I have hearing loss.
July 5, 2024
5
As soon as I checked in with adoption, until I was done seeing Dr Kramer I felt that I was the most important person there. That's a great feeling
July 3, 2024
5
Pleasant experience. Like the doctor very much.
June 28, 2024
5
Always great service at dr Kramer's office
June 28, 2024
1
I felt rushed the doctor was Rushing with me I wouldn't come back
June 28, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are the best. They are SUPER!!
June 26, 2024
5
Dr Kramer and staff are always professional yet very friendly. Dr Kramer is the best.
June 22, 2024
5
Dr Kramer was very helpful in getting my prescriptions handled
June 21, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is very caring and kind. I trust him completely.
June 21, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are the best.
June 21, 2024
5
My mother was a patient of Dr. Kramer and he was wonderful with her. When I found out I needed to see a Cardiologist there was nobody I felt safer and more comfortable with
June 20, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is knowledgeable about his field and other field. He questions and answers my queries. He performed my first bare metal stent placement and I was allowed to watch it on the monitor. He explained everything to me as requested by myself 24 years ago.
June 19, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and Felicia were amazing!!! The ladies that checked me in and out were also wonderful!
June 19, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer provides the utmost care ensuring that my health care needs are addressed. He is caring, concerned ,knowledgeable and professional. The Medical Assistant was friendly, caring and professional. From beginning to end all staff I encountered treated me with utmost respect.
June 13, 2024
5
Thoroughly satisfied everything and everyone!!!!!!! My nurse, Felecia of Kingston, was reassuring, helpful and so very personable great! My doctor was all that a patient would want in view of the questions/challenges that I face.
June 15, 2024
5
I got all my questions answered with no hurry. Dr Kramer performed a through exam and gave me good information going over all options and follow-up test. As good of experience I could have had.
June 8, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is the best.
June 7, 2024
5
George was phenomenal. I appreciated the fact that he listened intently, treated me like I understood my own body, and made recommendations based on my family history, my own personal feedback, and things that I'm doing in both the way I eat, sleep, and the way I exercise. It was appreciated, and the first time I've actually had somebody listen and apply that to our next steps.
June 8, 2024
5
Felicia and Dr. Kramer were professional, friendly and listened to me. I was pressed with them. I would highly recommend Dr. Kramer.
June 7, 2024
5
Dr Kramer was wonderful and so thankful we go to see him.
June 6, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is definitely one of the best doctors. Very professional and friendly.
June 6, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is a consummate professional. I've had the pleasure of being a patient of his for, I don't know, three or four years. And he does it right. And he surrounds himself with staff that follow his lead. So in my opinion, he's the benchmark that other people should follow. Thank you.
June 7, 2024
5
Amazing bedside manner from Physician and entire staff.
June 6, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is always looking after my wellbeing. He is the best Dr. ever.
June 1, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are all professionals and my family and I are fortunate to have them as our health providers.
May 30, 2024
5
I have recommended Dr Kramer to friends and family. They like and respect him also
May 30, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is one of the most caring Dr's I have been to. He listens, and is genuine in how he treats you as a person and a Doctor.
May 25, 2024
5
Always through service and care
May 24, 2024
5
Been knowing Dr Kramer for many years and am completely satisfied with him being my a doctor. I enjoy his friendly attitude and admirer his professionalism. I am lucky to have found him.
May 24, 2024
5
Staff was polite and professional. Dr Kramer was great. He was very patient , answering all my questions. He was thorough and very knowledgable.
July 5, 2024
5
The staff was very professional. They had patience with me since I have hearing loss.
July 5, 2024
5
As soon as I checked in with adoption, until I was done seeing Dr Kramer I felt that I was the most important person there. That's a great feeling
July 3, 2024
5
Pleasant experience. Like the doctor very much.
June 28, 2024
5
Always great service at dr Kramer's office
June 28, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are the best. They are SUPER!!
June 26, 2024
5
Dr Kramer and staff are always professional yet very friendly. Dr Kramer is the best.
June 22, 2024
5
Dr Kramer was very helpful in getting my prescriptions handled
June 21, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is very caring and kind. I trust him completely.
June 21, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are the best.
June 21, 2024
5
My mother was a patient of Dr. Kramer and he was wonderful with her. When I found out I needed to see a Cardiologist there was nobody I felt safer and more comfortable with
June 20, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is knowledgeable about his field and other field. He questions and answers my queries. He performed my first bare metal stent placement and I was allowed to watch it on the monitor. He explained everything to me as requested by myself 24 years ago.
June 19, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and Felicia were amazing!!! The ladies that checked me in and out were also wonderful!
June 19, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer provides the utmost care ensuring that my health care needs are addressed. He is caring, concerned ,knowledgeable and professional. The Medical Assistant was friendly, caring and professional. From beginning to end all staff I encountered treated me with utmost respect.
June 13, 2024
5
Thoroughly satisfied everything and everyone!!!!!!! My nurse, Felecia of Kingston, was reassuring, helpful and so very personable great! My doctor was all that a patient would want in view of the questions/challenges that I face.
June 15, 2024
5
I got all my questions answered with no hurry. Dr Kramer performed a through exam and gave me good information going over all options and follow-up test. As good of experience I could have had.
June 8, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is the best.
June 7, 2024
5
George was phenomenal. I appreciated the fact that he listened intently, treated me like I understood my own body, and made recommendations based on my family history, my own personal feedback, and things that I'm doing in both the way I eat, sleep, and the way I exercise. It was appreciated, and the first time I've actually had somebody listen and apply that to our next steps.
June 8, 2024
5
Felicia and Dr. Kramer were professional, friendly and listened to me. I was pressed with them. I would highly recommend Dr. Kramer.
June 7, 2024
5
Dr Kramer was wonderful and so thankful we go to see him.
June 6, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is definitely one of the best doctors. Very professional and friendly.
June 6, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is a consummate professional. I've had the pleasure of being a patient of his for, I don't know, three or four years. And he does it right. And he surrounds himself with staff that follow his lead. So in my opinion, he's the benchmark that other people should follow. Thank you.
June 7, 2024
5
Amazing bedside manner from Physician and entire staff.
June 6, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is always looking after my wellbeing. He is the best Dr. ever.
June 1, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are all professionals and my family and I are fortunate to have them as our health providers.
May 30, 2024
5
I have recommended Dr Kramer to friends and family. They like and respect him also
May 30, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is one of the most caring Dr's I have been to. He listens, and is genuine in how he treats you as a person and a Doctor.
May 25, 2024
5
Always through service and care
May 24, 2024
5
Been knowing Dr Kramer for many years and am completely satisfied with him being my a doctor. I enjoy his friendly attitude and admirer his professionalism. I am lucky to have found him.
May 24, 2024
1
I felt rushed the doctor was Rushing with me I wouldn't come back
June 28, 2024
1
I felt rushed the doctor was Rushing with me I wouldn't come back
June 28, 2024
5
Staff was polite and professional. Dr Kramer was great. He was very patient , answering all my questions. He was thorough and very knowledgable.
July 5, 2024
5
The staff was very professional. They had patience with me since I have hearing loss.
July 5, 2024
5
As soon as I checked in with adoption, until I was done seeing Dr Kramer I felt that I was the most important person there. That's a great feeling
July 3, 2024
5
Pleasant experience. Like the doctor very much.
June 28, 2024
5
Always great service at dr Kramer's office
June 28, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are the best. They are SUPER!!
June 26, 2024
5
Dr Kramer and staff are always professional yet very friendly. Dr Kramer is the best.
June 22, 2024
5
Dr Kramer was very helpful in getting my prescriptions handled
June 21, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is very caring and kind. I trust him completely.
June 21, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are the best.
June 21, 2024
5
My mother was a patient of Dr. Kramer and he was wonderful with her. When I found out I needed to see a Cardiologist there was nobody I felt safer and more comfortable with
June 20, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is knowledgeable about his field and other field. He questions and answers my queries. He performed my first bare metal stent placement and I was allowed to watch it on the monitor. He explained everything to me as requested by myself 24 years ago.
June 19, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and Felicia were amazing!!! The ladies that checked me in and out were also wonderful!
June 19, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer provides the utmost care ensuring that my health care needs are addressed. He is caring, concerned ,knowledgeable and professional. The Medical Assistant was friendly, caring and professional. From beginning to end all staff I encountered treated me with utmost respect.
June 13, 2024
5
Thoroughly satisfied everything and everyone!!!!!!! My nurse, Felecia of Kingston, was reassuring, helpful and so very personable great! My doctor was all that a patient would want in view of the questions/challenges that I face.
June 15, 2024
5
I got all my questions answered with no hurry. Dr Kramer performed a through exam and gave me good information going over all options and follow-up test. As good of experience I could have had.
June 8, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is the best.
June 7, 2024
5
George was phenomenal. I appreciated the fact that he listened intently, treated me like I understood my own body, and made recommendations based on my family history, my own personal feedback, and things that I'm doing in both the way I eat, sleep, and the way I exercise. It was appreciated, and the first time I've actually had somebody listen and apply that to our next steps.
June 8, 2024
5
Felicia and Dr. Kramer were professional, friendly and listened to me. I was pressed with them. I would highly recommend Dr. Kramer.
June 7, 2024
5
Dr Kramer was wonderful and so thankful we go to see him.
June 6, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is definitely one of the best doctors. Very professional and friendly.
June 6, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is a consummate professional. I've had the pleasure of being a patient of his for, I don't know, three or four years. And he does it right. And he surrounds himself with staff that follow his lead. So in my opinion, he's the benchmark that other people should follow. Thank you.
June 7, 2024
5
Amazing bedside manner from Physician and entire staff.
June 6, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is always looking after my wellbeing. He is the best Dr. ever.
June 1, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are all professionals and my family and I are fortunate to have them as our health providers.
May 30, 2024
5
I have recommended Dr Kramer to friends and family. They like and respect him also
May 30, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is one of the most caring Dr's I have been to. He listens, and is genuine in how he treats you as a person and a Doctor.
May 25, 2024
5
Always through service and care
May 24, 2024
5
Been knowing Dr Kramer for many years and am completely satisfied with him being my a doctor. I enjoy his friendly attitude and admirer his professionalism. I am lucky to have found him.
May 24, 2024
5
Staff was polite and professional. Dr Kramer was great. He was very patient , answering all my questions. He was thorough and very knowledgable.
July 5, 2024
5
The staff was very professional. They had patience with me since I have hearing loss.
July 5, 2024
5
As soon as I checked in with adoption, until I was done seeing Dr Kramer I felt that I was the most important person there. That's a great feeling
July 3, 2024
5
Pleasant experience. Like the doctor very much.
June 28, 2024
5
Always great service at dr Kramer's office
June 28, 2024
1
I felt rushed the doctor was Rushing with me I wouldn't come back
June 28, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are the best. They are SUPER!!
June 26, 2024
5
Dr Kramer and staff are always professional yet very friendly. Dr Kramer is the best.
June 22, 2024
5
Dr Kramer was very helpful in getting my prescriptions handled
June 21, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is very caring and kind. I trust him completely.
June 21, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are the best.
June 21, 2024
5
My mother was a patient of Dr. Kramer and he was wonderful with her. When I found out I needed to see a Cardiologist there was nobody I felt safer and more comfortable with
June 20, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is knowledgeable about his field and other field. He questions and answers my queries. He performed my first bare metal stent placement and I was allowed to watch it on the monitor. He explained everything to me as requested by myself 24 years ago.
June 19, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and Felicia were amazing!!! The ladies that checked me in and out were also wonderful!
June 19, 2024
5
Thoroughly satisfied everything and everyone!!!!!!! My nurse, Felecia of Kingston, was reassuring, helpful and so very personable great! My doctor was all that a patient would want in view of the questions/challenges that I face.
June 15, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer provides the utmost care ensuring that my health care needs are addressed. He is caring, concerned ,knowledgeable and professional. The Medical Assistant was friendly, caring and professional. From beginning to end all staff I encountered treated me with utmost respect.
June 13, 2024
5
George was phenomenal. I appreciated the fact that he listened intently, treated me like I understood my own body, and made recommendations based on my family history, my own personal feedback, and things that I'm doing in both the way I eat, sleep, and the way I exercise. It was appreciated, and the first time I've actually had somebody listen and apply that to our next steps.
June 8, 2024
5
I got all my questions answered with no hurry. Dr Kramer performed a through exam and gave me good information going over all options and follow-up test. As good of experience I could have had.
June 8, 2024
5
Felicia and Dr. Kramer were professional, friendly and listened to me. I was pressed with them. I would highly recommend Dr. Kramer.
June 7, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is the best.
June 7, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is a consummate professional. I've had the pleasure of being a patient of his for, I don't know, three or four years. And he does it right. And he surrounds himself with staff that follow his lead. So in my opinion, he's the benchmark that other people should follow. Thank you.
June 7, 2024
5
Dr Kramer was wonderful and so thankful we go to see him.
June 6, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is definitely one of the best doctors. Very professional and friendly.
June 6, 2024
5
Amazing bedside manner from Physician and entire staff.
June 6, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is always looking after my wellbeing. He is the best Dr. ever.
June 1, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are all professionals and my family and I are fortunate to have them as our health providers.
May 30, 2024
5
I have recommended Dr Kramer to friends and family. They like and respect him also
May 30, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is one of the most caring Dr's I have been to. He listens, and is genuine in how he treats you as a person and a Doctor.
May 25, 2024
5
Always through service and care
May 24, 2024
5
Been knowing Dr Kramer for many years and am completely satisfied with him being my a doctor. I enjoy his friendly attitude and admirer his professionalism. I am lucky to have found him.
May 24, 2024
5
Been knowing Dr Kramer for many years and am completely satisfied with him being my a doctor. I enjoy his friendly attitude and admirer his professionalism. I am lucky to have found him.
May 24, 2024
5
Always through service and care
May 24, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is one of the most caring Dr's I have been to. He listens, and is genuine in how he treats you as a person and a Doctor.
May 25, 2024
5
I have recommended Dr Kramer to friends and family. They like and respect him also
May 30, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are all professionals and my family and I are fortunate to have them as our health providers.
May 30, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is always looking after my wellbeing. He is the best Dr. ever.
June 1, 2024
5
Amazing bedside manner from Physician and entire staff.
June 6, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is definitely one of the best doctors. Very professional and friendly.
June 6, 2024
5
Dr Kramer was wonderful and so thankful we go to see him.
June 6, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is a consummate professional. I've had the pleasure of being a patient of his for, I don't know, three or four years. And he does it right. And he surrounds himself with staff that follow his lead. So in my opinion, he's the benchmark that other people should follow. Thank you.
June 7, 2024
5
Dr Kramer is the best.
June 7, 2024
5
Felicia and Dr. Kramer were professional, friendly and listened to me. I was pressed with them. I would highly recommend Dr. Kramer.
June 7, 2024
5
I got all my questions answered with no hurry. Dr Kramer performed a through exam and gave me good information going over all options and follow-up test. As good of experience I could have had.
June 8, 2024
5
George was phenomenal. I appreciated the fact that he listened intently, treated me like I understood my own body, and made recommendations based on my family history, my own personal feedback, and things that I'm doing in both the way I eat, sleep, and the way I exercise. It was appreciated, and the first time I've actually had somebody listen and apply that to our next steps.
June 8, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer provides the utmost care ensuring that my health care needs are addressed. He is caring, concerned ,knowledgeable and professional. The Medical Assistant was friendly, caring and professional. From beginning to end all staff I encountered treated me with utmost respect.
June 13, 2024
5
Thoroughly satisfied everything and everyone!!!!!!! My nurse, Felecia of Kingston, was reassuring, helpful and so very personable great! My doctor was all that a patient would want in view of the questions/challenges that I face.
June 15, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and Felicia were amazing!!! The ladies that checked me in and out were also wonderful!
June 19, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is knowledgeable about his field and other field. He questions and answers my queries. He performed my first bare metal stent placement and I was allowed to watch it on the monitor. He explained everything to me as requested by myself 24 years ago.
June 19, 2024
5
My mother was a patient of Dr. Kramer and he was wonderful with her. When I found out I needed to see a Cardiologist there was nobody I felt safer and more comfortable with
June 20, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are the best.
June 21, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer is very caring and kind. I trust him completely.
June 21, 2024
5
Dr Kramer was very helpful in getting my prescriptions handled
June 21, 2024
5
Dr Kramer and staff are always professional yet very friendly. Dr Kramer is the best.
June 22, 2024
5
Dr. Kramer and his staff are the best. They are SUPER!!
June 26, 2024
1
I felt rushed the doctor was Rushing with me I wouldn't come back
June 28, 2024
5
Always great service at dr Kramer's office
June 28, 2024
5
Pleasant experience. Like the doctor very much.
June 28, 2024
5
As soon as I checked in with adoption, until I was done seeing Dr Kramer I felt that I was the most important person there. That's a great feeling
July 3, 2024
5
The staff was very professional. They had patience with me since I have hearing loss.
July 5, 2024
5
Staff was polite and professional. Dr Kramer was great. He was very patient , answering all my questions. He was thorough and very knowledgable.
July 5, 2024
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TomCare
When COVID forced everyone to spend more time at home, Tom Murphy decided he wouldn’t sit around idle. At 62, he upped his regular activity to work out with his son, daughter and daughter’s fiancé—college athletes who kept him in top shape.
Tom’s go-to workout was a long walk in a hilly East Cobb neighborhood. He and the kids also played a lot of pickleball.
About a year in, Tom noticed a physical change.
“I was playing fewer games of pickleball at a time and making it only halfway through my walks,” he said.
During Tom’s annual appointment with Dr. George Kramer, he shared his concerns about his symptoms.
“I do sports with my kids, and I’m short of breath,” Tom said.
The physician requested a cardiac CT (CCTA), the new standard for detecting heart disease, according to the American Heart Association. It can be more accurate than treadmill stress tests and is less invasive than cardiac catheterization.
“Results of the initial CT showed two blockages,” Dr. Kramer said. “One blockage was 67%, one was 75%, and we decided to follow up with further analysis using the HeartFlow test.”
Because Wellstar was the first HeartFlow Platinum site in Georgia, the cardiology staff were able to create a personalized, 3D model of Tom’s coronary arteries to check on blood flow. HeartFlow is a fractional reserve assessment that looks at how each blockage impacts the heart. Previously, this in-depth view of the heart could only happen with a more invasive procedure.
According to Dr. Kramer, the test itself has been “a godsend” since it makes it possible for patients to avoid invasive tests while still getting important—and potentially lifesaving—information about their hearts.
HeartFlow revealed the blood flow to Tom’s heart was significantly compromised.
Tom and his 91-year-old mother stand together for heart health.